Are you having a hard time communicating with that ‘special someone’ in your life? No problem… just buy them a painting {gouache on paper} by San Francisco based artist Mike Monteiro, and I’m pretty sure they’ll get the idea. Granted, they’ll probably dump you, but hey, at least you will have been heard… and you can always hope that they’ll storm out, slam the door behind them, and leave the painting behind for you! Score.

{I discovered Mike’s work a few months ago on The Beholder. I really wanted to put him in my ‘girl crush’ show… but unfortunately, he’s not a girl.}